JOUR 4800 - Professional Internship

1–3 hours

Practical experience through employment under the supervision of department chair and professional at the work site. Student must submit bi-weekly reports, work samples and evaluation report at the end of internship; professional supervisor must submit mid-term and final evaluations. Internship and total work and credit hours to be completed must be arranged in advance of enrollment by application to the school. For each hour of credit, student must work a minimum of 100 hours.

Prerequisite(s): Internships are intended for Journalism Majors to take in their final year in the program. Students must complete specific prerequisites for their chosen professional concentration in Journalism before they can be granted permission to enroll. Students wanting to request course credit for a professional internship must complete the Departmental Request and Site Approval Form before they can be enrolled. See Journalism.unt.edu for more details, information and the request form.

May be repeated for credit; however, no more than 3 hours of total credit for JOUR 4800 and JOUR 4805 or JOUR 4810 may be applied to the journalism degree requirements.

Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $20